We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Quynn Red Mountain a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Quynn, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. What were some of the most unexpected problems you’ve faced in your career and how did you resolve those issues?
When I was 17 I came up with an idea about how to blend my photography skills with a way to bring me some money, but I felt overwhelmed and inexperienced with the details of how to manifest it, so I gave up on the idea. In my 20’s I had a life-changing experience that brought me many creative ideas and more confidence to start something new. I started a small creative arts outlet to interact with the public. I had no business skills or customer service experience, so I made mistakes and I failed in many small ways, but I learned as I explored forward. Each step and phase of the last 25+ years I have sought ways to share my creative projects with people. I now know that there will always be unexpected problems/issues as any idea adapts to being in the world (as opposed to only being in my ideas). I am grateful that I have continued to adapt and evolve, rather than quitting on myself, and I remember that when I feel like giving up.
Quynn, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
I grew up in the forests of northwest Oregon, where I wrote poetry and created art. While a young adult, the Sonoran desert in Arizona called me, and I am grateful to live in this beautiful land for 25 years. I have, so far, written two books, about Animism and war related PTSD, and I practice in-person and online soul healing and intuitive arts through Web of Life Animists, an Earth honoring community group that I started in 2000..
It is important to me to share my work with people in a creative manner, and to empower people to tend their soul wounds so they can more deeply listen to their inner artist and creative. The world needs creative thinkers and bold artists in all fields, so I do what I can to share creativity with others on my path.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
I most appreciate my creativity when I allow myself the space to let my artistic eye show up in many areas of my life. Sometimes I am thrilled when it shows up in writing, or design of graphics & spaces, storytelling, photography, idea manifestation and tending to other people. I say sometimes because I can never assume it will be there on demand. I have learned that creativity is in a relationship with me, and how I treat it matters. I am more content as I deepen my patience to see what wants to happen, because it can often unfold in a way that I was not expecting, and better than I could have imagined.
Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?
I have written in my website a message regarding my current mission that fuels my creative journey through this life. I have begun to call myself a “inner justice” healing practitioner and creative artist, which can include my writing, channeled guidance, spirit work, crafting thrifted ceremonial pieces and hosting creatively healing spaces in my community. Inner justice healing work hopefully encourages, enhances and accelerates the desire for kindness and consideration for self and others, which is an important foundation for a healthy community who can embody justice for all beings.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://quynn.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quynn.red.mountain
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quynn.redmountain
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@QuynnRedMountain
Image Credits
Quynn Red Mountain Elisabeth Flower